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| Nottinghamshire Police officer 'offered loaded gun to girl' | Nottinghamshire Police officer 'offered loaded gun to girl' |
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| A girl was offered a loaded gun before it was fired accidentally causing her an injury, her mother has said. | A girl was offered a loaded gun before it was fired accidentally causing her an injury, her mother has said. |
| The seven-year-old suffered a minor lip injury when a bullet casing from the assault rifle hit her after it was shot into the ground at Nottinghamshire Police headquarters last year. | |
| The officer, who has not been named, has been taken off firearms duties following an incompetency hearing. | The officer, who has not been named, has been taken off firearms duties following an incompetency hearing. |
| The officer said he did not remember the weapon being offered to the girl. | The officer said he did not remember the weapon being offered to the girl. |
| 'Genuine risk' | 'Genuine risk' |
| Her mother told the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) her daughter was offered the gun for a photograph shortly before it was fired. | |
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| The IPCC, which has released a report into the incident, asked the officer about the mother's allegation to which he said it was "not something I recall specifically". | |
| He went on to say: "that's not to say that it maybe didn't happen, it's certainly something I don't recall". | He went on to say: "that's not to say that it maybe didn't happen, it's certainly something I don't recall". |
| The girl, from Worksop, was on a tour of the force's headquarters in Hucknall with a group of youngsters, aged six to 13, and their parents, in October. | |
| She suffered a burn to her lip when she was hit in the face after the gun, a Heckler & Koch G36C assault rifle, was fired. | |
| Derrick Campbell, from the IPCC, said: "The seriousness of this matter cannot be underestimated. It is through good fortune that no one was more seriously injured. | Derrick Campbell, from the IPCC, said: "The seriousness of this matter cannot be underestimated. It is through good fortune that no one was more seriously injured. |
| "The officer's actions, while not deliberate, posed a genuine risk to those present." | "The officer's actions, while not deliberate, posed a genuine risk to those present." |
| Following the investigation, the IPCC concluded that operational firearms officers must keep their weapons loaded and therefore should not be involved in community events. | |
| It also criticised Nottinghamshire Police for not having a policy in place regarding firearms at public events or carrying out a risk assessment before the display. | |
| Another officer, involved in the incident, has since left the firearms department while a third has been recommended to undergo further training. |